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Welcome! My name is Haley, I'm a 25 year old book-aholic. I'm a book reviewer for the RiverTalk Newspaper. I love reading YA, NA, and adult paranormal mostly, but I do go into other genres on occasion. If you want to talk more one on one about books, please don't hesitate to contact me on facebook or twitter, I love making new bookish friends!

When Naomi Jensen is kidnapped, it takes her parents two
days to realize she's missing. Escape isn't high on her list of priorities when
all she has to return to is an abusive boyfriend and parents who never paid
much attention to her. For the first time in her life she's part of a
family-even if it is a family of criminals. But she's still a captive. In a
desperate attempt to regain some control in her life, Naomi embarks on a
dangerous plan to make one of her kidnappers think she's falling in love with him.
The plan works too well, and when faced with the chance to escape, Naomi isn't
sure she wants to take it.

“Why did you leave me? Why did you run? Why can't we stay
together”? Her mind reeled with sudden panic. “I'll go with you. Whatever we
have to do, I'll do it.”

Ah The Breakaway, where do I even begin with this book? I
had my eyes on it for MONTHS before finally caving in and buying the damn book,
stupid of me to buy this book and start reading it late at night…I was up till
5 in the morning finishing The Breakaway cause I could not find a good stopping
point, this book completely captured me. Captured me..get it?? Lame joke I know
(._.)

So The Breakaway is about Naomi Jensen, to outsiders it may
look like she has the perfect life, hell maybe she even convinced herself for
awhile she had a great life, but with a boyfriend that says he loves her, then
hits her, and parents that never give her the time of day, maybe Namoi's life
isn't so great after all. One night after being hit once again Naomi needs some
space from her boyfriend Eric, she goes for a walk. Naomi didn't know on this
very walk she would be kidnapped by a group of criminals, little did she know
that she was also going to fall in love with one of them..

This book was delightfully wonderful, in a very twisted
weird way that I don't really understand yet. I don't know what it is about
books that have main characters going through Stockholm syndrome in them, but I
love it. I love it so much, and for some reason I always find myself loving the
"bad" guy that kidnaps the girl. Actually let me rephrase that, I
love the "bad" guy if they are actually caring and non-forceful to
their hostage (such as in this book, and Stolen by Lucy Christopher which is a
book beyond amazing and you should read it). I don't know what it is about
these crazy obsessive guys, but I like them! Actually I do know what it is that
makes me like them, it's because they are interesting to read, simple as that,
crazy people are unpredictable and I like that in the books I read!

Alright now lets talk about the man in question, JESSE! He
is our hostages "love"interest if you may. My first impression of him
was that he was creepy, very creepy, this guy gave me the chills! I was also
wondering the first few times I encountered him while reading if he didn't have
a mental illness, but don't worry! He eventually stops being creepy and he
becomes, very well, likable! I found myself enjoying him towards the end of the
book, and the romance in The Breakaway was an amazing one between the Naomi and
Jesse.

Overall I actually found myself liking most of the
characters; each character was very different than the next. Each character
also had their own secrets, which of course made this even more of a thrilling
ride. In all this was just an amazing read, I was originally going to give this
book 4 stars because I didn't like how it ended, BUT then I found out it is
actually going to have a sequel (which I believe is going to be brilliant!) so
I gave this 5 stars since the story did not end there.

Sidenote: This book does NOT have any sexual abuse, although
it does have physical abuse such as the main character getting hit a few times
and pushed around.

Brief definition of Stockholm syndrome: a psychological condition in which a person taken hostage
sympathizes with or becomes emotionally involved with his or her captors.

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comments:

This book sounds awesome! Kinda reminds of Stolen. And I'm so glad I'm not the only one into crazy obsessive boys, well at least if they're not like that with the girl.. And I didn't know this was gonna be a series! I'm even more excited! :D Great review:))

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